The Scottish Organisation for Practice Teaching

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ThursdayThunkingISSN 2516-3078

Running on the first Thursday of every month, ThursdayThunking* is a series of thought-provoking articles will offer information, insight and ideas... and maybe cause you to rethink the way you view things. Our goal is to stimulate thinking, improve practice and provide a critical backdrop for ongoing debate.

* Yes, it's a real word! Thunking: the act of thinking deeply and/or for long periods of time.

Interested in a bit of Thunking on a Thursday?

If you'd like to write a ThursdayThunking article at some point, we'd love to hear from you. The topic is up to you, but it has to be relevant to practice learning. Have a look at our notes for prospective authors for more information.

The emotional responses of students help them make sense of all aspects of their lives and this is equally true in practice. Richard Ingram discusses the required thought and reflection to use them appropriately.Read More

When a social work student embarks on practice learning, the requirement to demonstrate their ability to integrate practice and theory may appear at first to be a relatively straightforward question of applying what they have learnt at university to their practice on placement. It can take a while to realise that practice and theory rarely have a neat and tidy relationship. Jean Gordon does some #ThursdayThunking.Read More